Liz Capo McCormick
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Treasury Rally Ignites Debate On How Fast Fed Needs To Cut Rates
The US two-year yield became lower than the 10-year yield the first time since July 2022 as fears of an economic downturn led traders to bet on sharp monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve.
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Treasuries Surge As Traders Bet Big On A Fed Rescue Mode
Bond traders are piling into bets that the US economy is on the verge of slowing so quickly that the Federal Reserve will need to start easing monetary policy aggressively to head off a recession.
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Treasuries Surge As Traders Bet Big On A Fed Rescue Mode
Bond traders are piling into bets that the US economy is on the verge of slowing so quickly that the Federal Reserve will need to start easing monetary policy aggressively to head off a recession.
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At $2 Million Per Minute, Treasuries Mint Cash Like Never Before
With the Federal Reserve in no hurry to cut interest rates, investors are flocking back to fixed-income assets in major reset for Wall Street.
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At $2 Million Per Minute, Treasuries Mint Cash Like Never Before
With the Federal Reserve in no hurry to cut interest rates, investors are flocking back to fixed-income assets in major reset for Wall Street.
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Treasury Rally Risks Running Into A $125 Billion Brick Wall
Bond traders welcomed their first clear sign of a cooling US labor market, but it’s only a part of what’s needed to fire up the truly sweeping rally they’ve been hoping for all year.
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US Holds Quarterly Debt Sale Steady, Details Buybacks Start
The US Treasury left its quarterly issuance of longer-term debt unchanged on Wednesday, as widely expected, while announcing that its first program to buy back existing securities in more than two decades will kick off this month.
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Traders See U.S. Fed Waiting Until After Summer To Cut As Yields Soar
Treasury yields soared, reaching new year-to-date highs, as data showing consumer prices rose more than estimated in March prompted investors to abandon wagers on more than two Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts this year.
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U.S. Treasuries Selloff Deepens As Traders Push Back First Rate Cut
A rough start to the year for bond traders risks getting worse with the release of key US employment data on Friday.
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Treasury Market Braces For Barrage Of Economic Data, Fed Speak
There’s also a heavy slate of economic data and Fed speakers, with the PCE data released on Thursday to be heavily scrutinized, as it contains the Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge.
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Treasury Market Braces For Barrage Of Economic Data, Fed Speak
There’s also a heavy slate of economic data and Fed speakers, with the PCE data released on Thursday to be heavily scrutinized, as it contains the Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge.
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Markets Start To Speculate If The Next Fed Move Is Up, Not Down
The latest hot debate: perhaps the next shift isn’t a cut at all.
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Bond Traders Cave To The Fed By Dialing Back Their Rate-Cut Bets
In the derivatives markets, investors have started pricing in that the Fed will carry out just four to five quarter-point rate cuts in 2024.
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Bond Market Rate-Cut Bets Rattled By Powell Pushback, Jobs
The U.S. economy is testing bond traders’ faith that the Federal Reserve will deliver a series of interest-rate cuts this year.
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Treasury Yields Surge As Hot Jobs Data Dashes Rate-Cut Hopes
Treasury yields leapt after stronger-than-anticipated January employment data strengthened the case for the Federal Reserve to defer cutting interest rates until at least the second quarter.
